Search Results: Titles starting with R from Christian White Rare Books Ltd.

Dublin: H Fitzpatrick; A Cunninghame; J Milliken, Carter, 1798. An unrecorded edition of Charles Jackson's Narrative of his role in the Wexford Rebellion is the star item in this fascinating collection of Dublin imprints from the 1790s. Small octavo-sized volume bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards with red morocco spine label: 'Tracts'. Endpapers with 1794 dated watermark. The imprints appear as follows: A von Kotzebue [translated by] Anne Plumptre, The Natural Son, A Play, Dublin, H Fitzpatrick, 1798, xii, pp108, half title present; ESTC T59599 19 locations; not Harvard [Arthur Murphy] Know Your Own Mind: a Comedy, 1788, Dublin, A Chamberlaine [8] pp 85 [3] half title present; T29504 12 locations, not Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard or Yale Charles Jackson, A Narrative of the Sufferings and Escape of Charles Jackson, Late Resident at Wexford in Ireland, 1798, Third Edition, Dublin, 1798, [2] x, pp11-90 - seemingly unrecorded third Irish edition (Not OCLC, ESTC, COPAC) of this important… Read More

Paris: Gallimard, 1969. Hardcover. Fine. pp 1191 Bibliotheque de la Pleiade. Fine in fresh red covers, in a fine two part dust jacket, protected by the publisher's clear plastic wrapper and card slipcase. Ownership inscription of V Blackburn. Fine 1969

London: The Locomotive Publishing Co Ltd, 1900. Hardcover. Good. Railway Views numbers 1-8 bound as a single volume by the publisher circa 1900. Each issue contains 11 half tone photographs of locomotives in Britain and abroad such as The Flying Scotsman, accidents, and a dramatic action shot of snow ploughing in Scotland. Good in green bevelled cloth; Binding starting to crack, one plate with tape repair and one torn with some loss. A fascinating record of 19th century steam railways. Good 1900

New York: Office of Sup't Railway Mail Service, 1903. No Binding. Near Fine. Railway Mail Service, Second Division Comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Peninsula of Maryland and Virginia: General Order. A collection of 11 newsletters with envelopes sent to Railway Postal Clerk Mr Lawrence Ulysses in Lawrenceville, PA between 1900 and 1903. These were issued thrice weekly for the information and guidance of Postal Clerks and Postmasters and concern adjustments to be made in the routes and timings of mail handling, and conduct of staff. Also an R.P. Clerk's Record of train arrival and departure times completed by Mr Ulysses predecessor Lindon Case. The record is undated but shows that over the course of one month three trains failed to run due to flooding. In near fine condition: the envelopes are browned and a little soiled but the newsletters are crisp and clean. A fascinating piece of railway history. Near Fine 1903

London: William Heinemann, 1932. Hardcover. Good. First thus in embossed green cloth. (First published October1921 under the title of "The Trembling of a Leaf"). In good condition, boards rubbed and a little marked, front hinge starting to crack, but pages tight and complete. Internally clean, foxing to preliminaries and with brown mark to foot of text block. An early edition of one of Maugham's most memorable short stories. Good 1932

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of this novel very good book in a very good jacket, closed tear at the head of the spine, light foxing. Very Good 1937

Kobenhavn - Copenhagen: J Fr. Clausens Forlag, 1970. 51 x 233 mm. Near Fine. Presentation copy from the father of Danish Studio Glass, Finn Lynggaard, to the British potter Harry Horlock-Stringer inscribed on the half title, 'Mr Harry Stringer with my warmest thanks for helpful cooperation Finn. G.' Blindstamp ' with Stringer's 'Library of HHS Taggs Yard' blind stamp above the inscription. A fine copy in slipcase. We have recently acquired the library of Harry Horlock Stringer who was a leading British potter at the old Fulham Pottery in the 1950s where he concentrated on earthenware. Later he moved to Taggs Yard in Barnes, south-west London, where he built and ran his own school, welcoming pupils and making friends from across the world including many leading potters and lay enthusiasts such as the actor Ginger Rogers. Stringer experimented with his own glazes and firing techniques, and wrote a book on Raku, becoming a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, editing the association's journal for a… Read More

London: C & J Rivington [etc], 1823. Beautifully bound early nineteenth century reprint. The book is small format bound in full deep green morocco leather with pretty spine decoration. Gift inscription of 'H D Lloyd from S Lloyd from [erased] 1839'. Engraved title page and frontispiece followed by letter press title page. A little spotting but a very good copy indeed. A lovely copy.

England: Unpublished, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp 19 An album of press cuttings and photographs of the British actor Ray Roberts, dating from 1955 to 1972. The album is bound in lightly rubbed blue cloth with black spine and silk tassels. Contains four large photographic portraits which were used as publicity by Robert's agent, Pamela Simons. Also interesting stills from Robert's performances in tv or film drama, including one in cowboy costume. There are several press cuttings relating to Robert's dramatic performance as Macbeth in the 1955 floodlit production in the Abbey Ruins, Reading. An interesting collection. Near Fine 1955

London: E F Cato Carter, 1972. Hardcover. Fine. pp264 Fine in bright red cloth with gilt spine lettering, in a near fine dust jacket, tiny nicks to the top edge and creased to the flaps. Gift inscription "To Sir Harold Wilson With best wishes Jack Redfern 30th October 1978". Jack Redfern was Managing Director of the company. A letter to F K Davies from Harold Wilson as President of the Board of Trade is reproduced on page 228. This book comes from the private collection of British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary which was recently dispersed at auction following the death of Mary Wilson aged 102 in 2016. Fine 1972

New York: The Citadel Press, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine. pp 256 Large folio. Fully illustrated in black and white. The book is near fine in blue cloth with gilt profile portrait, one corner bumped; in a very good photographic dust jacket which is chipped and creased to the edges. This book comes from the Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr, 1910 - 2001, the son of Ellen Walters Delano who was a first cousin to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Adams became a passionate bibliophile who served as director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City for two decades and compiled a significant personal collection relating to F.D.R.. In 1969 he married his third wife who was a Swedish princess and with whom he shared the final years of his life in France. Adams' move to France explains the presence of his books in the United Kingdom. Near Fine 1945

New York, Toronto, London: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1959. Soft cover. Very Good. An introduction to the understanding of contemporary art, offering visual demonstration and drawing exercises. Very good in illustrated card wrappers, corners rubbed, wrappers a little soiled. Extensively illustrated in black and white. Very Good 1959

Saint-Sulpice, Paris: Chez Floury, 1920. Excellent. Near Fine. Out of sequence edition containing three original drawings by the artist and writer and an additional suite of woodcuts preceding the text. Unnumbered, but resembling one of the first 13 copies, the book has been rebound in crushed burgundy morocco with gilt decoration, top edge gilt, a silk book mark and marbled endpapers. A female nude in red crayon signed '23e Seance - 20 minutes Mar 1913 Guierre' precedes a pencil and black gouache study of a male figure, also signed 'Guierre' and a third small pencil sketch if laid in. The second of the sketches is executed on orange card and is tipped in following the first title page which itself announces the suite of woodcuts on 'japon' that precedes the full text with woodcuts. Guierre combined a career as naval officer and submariner with a successful second life as a writer and illustrator. Near Fine 1920

Melbourne: Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1921. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. Offprint from Report of the Fifteenth Meeting of the AAAS held in Melbourne, 10th January 1921, pp 1-89. In very good condition in grey wrappers with vertical creases; internally very fresh. Well illustrated including several fold out maps and diagrams. Very Good 1921

London: Dryden Press, 1903. 220 x 143 mm. Good. pp 1-24 Two original catalogues with annotations by a previous owner. The text block is detached from the printed wrappers in both cases with some wear to the edges. Good 1903

Cardiff: Cardiff Naturalists' Society, 1902. 220 x 143 mm. Very Good. Offprint from the Transactions of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society, Vol IV, 1901-1902, pp 1-10. In very good condition in tanned printed card wrappers, library stamp to upper cover and tiny chip to spine and one corner, some spotting throughout. Well illustrated with black and white photography. Inscribed on front cover "With the author's compliments". Very Good 1902

London: George Routledge and Co, 1853. Hardcover. Very Good. pp 180. First UK edition of the recollections of this American writer. Very good in embossed brown cloth. 1856 presentation inscription on front free end paper. With frontispiece and illustrations by William Harvey. Previous owner's notes about the artist taped to front paste down. Very Good 1853

Maastricht; Maestricht: Jean-Edme Dufour & Phil Roux, 1780. Excellent. Very Good. 'Nouvelle edition' bound in very pretty English, or perhaps Scottish, polished calf with circular black morocco volume numbers and red morocco lettering pieces to the spine. Bookplate of 'Kinnaird' to each volume: George Kinnaird was a Scottish banker and art collector whose collection was boosted by the dispersal of the Orleans collection in 1792. Contemporary shelf-marks to the bookplate and a note on the pastedown in the first volume which records the original cost of the set. A most attractive set. Madame de Sevigny's letters which are celebrated for their wit and immediacy were addressed to her daughter and achieved huge popularity in the eighteenth century. Very Good 1780

London: John Murray, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. pp142 A very good copy of this pseudonymous account of the first world war, Red Cross and Iron Cross written by a 'Doctor in France'. The book has grey-green paper covered boards with a printed paper label on the front board. A very good copy. Very Good 1916

London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. A First British Edition of this collection of Western short stories by Owen Wister, author of 'The Virginian'. It is illustrated by his friend, the artist and sculptor Frederick Remington who specialised in depictions of the American West. In publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles and vignettes of a cowboy and native American, very good, covers rubbed to spine ends and edges and lightly marked, hinge starting to crack but the text is complete with its black and white plates, some spotting to the pages, no marks or inscriptions. Bookplate of Francis William Buxton 1890 to front pastedown. A very pleasing early example of the Western fiction genre. Very Good 1896